Quorum sensing integrates environmental cues, cell density and cell history to control bacterial competence

Horizontal DNA Transfer Mechanisms of Bacteria as Weapons of Intragenomic Conflict

(2016) Nicholas J. Croucher et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Pneumococcal Competence Coordination Relies on a Cell-Contact Sensing Mechanism

(2016) Marc Prudhomme et al.   PLoS Genetics

Expression of Streptococcus pneumoniae Bacteriocins Is Induced by Antibiotics via Regulatory Interplay with the Competence System

(2016) Morten Kjos et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Growth of Streptococcus mutans in Biofilms Alters Peptide Signaling at the Sub-population Level

(2016) Robert C. Shields et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Sharply Tuned pH Response of Genetic Competence Regulation in Streptococcus mutans: a Microfluidic Study of the Environmental Sensitivity ofcomX

(2015) Minjun Son et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Core Principles of Bacterial Autoinducer Systems

(2015) Burkhard A. Hense et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Oufti: an integrated software package for high-accuracy, high-throughput quantitative microscopy analysis

(2015) Ahmad Paintdakhi et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Crystal structures of a polypeptide processing and secretion transporter

(2015) David Yin-wei Lin et al.   NATURE

Antibiotic-Induced Replication Stress Triggers Bacterial Competence by Increasing Gene Dosage near the Origin

(2014) Jelle Slager et al.   CELL

Bacterial transformation: distribution, shared mechanisms and divergent control

(2014) Calum Johnston et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Gene Expression Platform for Synthetic Biology in the Human Pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2014) Robin A. Sorg et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Extracellular Life Cycle of ComS, the Competence-Stimulating Peptide of Streptococcus thermophilus

(2013) R. Gardan et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A cell-cell communication signal integrates quorum sensing and stress response

(2013) Jasmine Lee et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Direct involvement of DprA, the transformation-dedicated RecA loader, in the shut-off of pneumococcal competence

(2013) Nicolas Mirouze et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Emergent Sensing of Complex Environments by Mobile Animal Groups

(2013) A. Berdahl et al.   SCIENCE

Fratricide Is Essential for Efficient Gene Transfer between Pneumococci in Biofilms

(2012) Hua Wei et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Streptococcus pneumoniae: the evolution of antimicrobial resistance to beta-lactams, fluoroquinolones and macrolides

(2012) J.E. Cornick et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

ComE/ComE∼P interplay dictates activation or extinction status of pneumococcal X-state (competence)

(2012) Bernard Martin et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Optimality and robustness in quorum sensing (QS)-mediated regulation of a costly public good enzyme

(2012) A. Pai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Quorum sensing and the confusion about diffusion

(2012) Stuart A. West et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

High Levels of Genetic Recombination during Nasopharyngeal Carriage and Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2012) L. R. Marks et al.   mBio

COMPETENCE INCREASES SURVIVAL DURING STRESS IN STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE

(2011) Daniel J. P. Engelmoer et al.   EVOLUTION

Quorum Sensing Contributes to Natural Transformation of Vibrio cholerae in a Species-Specific Manner

(2011) G. Suckow et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Regulated by the Rate of Ribosomal Decoding Errors

(2011) K. E. Stevens et al.   mBio

A molecular mechanism that stabilizes cooperative secretions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2010) Joao B. Xavier et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Signal diffusion and the mitigation of social exploitation in pneumococcal competence signalling

(2010) J. Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

What's in a name? The semantics of quorum sensing

(2010) Thomas G. Platt et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Quorum sensing and environmental adaptation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a tale of regulatory networks and multifunctional signal molecules

(2009) Paul Williams et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Cell–cell signalling in bacteria: not simply a matter of quorum

(2009) Mickaël Boyer et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Consequences of relative cellular positioning on quorum sensing and bacterial cell-to-cell communication

(2009) Sara Alberghini et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Autoinducers extracted from microbial mats reveal a surprising diversity ofN-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) and abundance changes that may relate to diel pH

(2008) Alan W. Decho et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY